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IiitAL AND THE IDEAL
We Need to Learn for Ourselves What Is
the Work That Endures,
"Set your affeetiems on things above,
not on things on earth—Cot. Ili, 2.
It is probable nod from the ttge of 10
U() le 30 Jesus iif Naenreth spent. Ills
life In merit/what toll; Ile made wooden
plows, Ilse handles, tind yokes; lle
meted es a carpenter, Then for three
years Ito ffiLV0 1 Myself* to the ministry
of Went things, exclusively to the ser-
vice of the spirit.
There is a wonderful satisfaction In
inaking Ili I0, in looking over some
concrete pieceof Nvork moomplislied
when the dny einis, It ls a satiefitelion
(het belongs to the arfisen, Is 11 not
,proliable Dud, many said BIM it was
a pent pity when Jesus guve up FO
a trade as His? To them ife
seemed to be but chasing the rainbow.
13u1 losiny Nvto possesses a single one
or the things that young cerpenier
made? And did we possess them 011
what better off would the world be?
Net, on the Other hand, how 111 could
this world milord to lose what Ile gave
it by those three yea* of the service
of the ideal.
In our (go 01 [Nags WO 00 00011y for-
get how large is the place of the ideal
and the spiritual, Ever estimating our
assets In the concrete, we fail to recog
Mee Dud, our real wealth lies in
thoughts and things abstract. - The
permanent possessions of humanity are
spirituel.
NOT ACilES NOR ARMIES,
nol banks Mr hUSini1.40 illtike a nation,
eut mighty, compelling ideuls and tea-
cl it ions.
Jesus, Shakeepettre, Browning, Lowell,
Emerson left no g0011S and chattels, no
bonds end mortgages; they left Inspire -
(Ione; they bequeathed (cleats; living
first for the soul, their souls survive
end semen to u,s 1111. The truly gront
who still stand <tiler the test of the
years are these who have jivedfor the
spirit.
Ties is as tette of the wosicer and the
Warrior as of the philosopher and poet.
Ali essie Inspired by glowing visions;
they set. their affections on things above
the trines sits whirl) wo stem/isle end
spend ourselves. They endured us see-
ing glories to us invisible; therefor°
their names endure.
The great undertakings of our own
day are possible only under spiritual
Inspirations. No rewards of money
only eau induce a ,mun to stestoffustly
se:induct affairs of great Moment and
enteeprise; he is buoyed up by a .great
km; often the very greatnees of the
kelt aud the srpse of serving meat ends
earry hint on; ithelleai he sees the work
hi the Meal 1111111011 1111111 1110 wage,
We intiet ham to measure life Kill
the eense sir the infinite, We must not
think that a mun has fulled bemuse
Ile has not lett burdened wereleouse.s
mid bomitc. We must, cease to that,
wo ran tell whether WOrit be higl . or
lowly by the elee of the wage, We
need oyes to see the glory of the least
act hi the light of the glowing motive.
A new estimate 10 placed on every
twt when 11 IS measured not by bread
alone but by the things or the soul. The
mottmgecase of the ebildren, the fa-
ther's steady humble toil for Sham the
fuithful watching over the alsk,
THE MINISTRY OF TUE LOWLY,
all have a new glory In the fight et
th11 love thut leads the way and the
spfrit that guides those who do the
least of these things.
11 1.0 a good thing lo itly a course vr
Onneks so tharit shell be true, but of
greater value to the World then the wall
that stands firm is the eniril (bat 10raa-I
the men to build might. No man can
dr OVeli 3(1 1110111 1111 1110(11 set in his
heart, and when the wall Shfill have rai-
ler' the Nvoold shall still be eeriched
by his ideal.
Too 0101131 of 113 aro fretting because
tn. ((01' 001 getting on in the world.
Seeing the appneent ease with which
'some sequire fortune, 100 be00010 (110-
C011tell1ed With our small gains. We
lailf as though fortunes and follies,
money and lands were the only things
worth while. Yet we knoty better, for
we all Ilnd our real joys ';11 other things.
Life is the business of learning lo use
things as tools, the real us the servant
of the Weal, lo make conditions ever
totter that ' diameter may grow the
101010, 10 serve inthe making of things
end the enduring oe thlogs under the
inspiration of the lull and glorious
purpose of life, the eealleing of the best
for ourselves, the rendering of our best
to others.
HENRY F. COPE.
THE S. S. LESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
JULY 7.
Lesson I. God Feeds Israel in She Wil-
derness.' Coldim Text; John 6. 51.
THE LESSON WORD STUDIES.
Besed on the text 01 1110 Devised Ver-
sion.
Emil Egypt to Sinal.—The effect of
the overthrow et the Egyptians upon the
hearts and tnincls of the Israelites 110.8 1.0
inspire them with fear encl 1.1W0 at the
marvellous manifestations of Jehovah's
power. In the words 01 1110 Exodus tons-
rator, "And Israel saw the great work
which Jehovah did upon the Egyptians,
awl the people feared Jehova10 and they
believed to Joluivah, and in his servant
elos.es" (Exod. 14.34 71110 esmpe out of
Egypt and the power awl goodness of
Jehovah are commemorated in the Song
or eioses and NNW' w111,ll the biblical
narator Introduces at this point. 1,00X-
ing the shore or the Red Sea, Israel now
turned its taco 'awned the east and set
out to (money to he Land of Promise.
This journey of the children of Israel
lass not homily been compered with the
Mecca pilgrimage front Cairo, 011 annual
phenomenon in many respects eimilar,in
character, .Indeed, this similarity is
emplinsized in tbe Hebrew word for
"exodus," which Is "hag," and the signi-
'teepee of \snitch is perpetuated in the
moderns hal of Moheounedan pilgrims.
The route taken by the Israelites %WAS not
howeyer the modern 0110001111 mute
straight across the northern end of the
peninsula, but the more eirettitous one
familiar to students of the Bible ae the
lattlitional route of the Exodus journey,
and which followed in a general way
1110 coast, lino 011)10 peninsula southeast
is Sinai, and from thence northeast to'
the 'dainty of Kaclesh-harnea. A suln-
miry of the itinerary of this jouroey is
given in Num. 33. 1-49, where forty-one
stages or forty stopping pluee5 between
Rennie* in Egypt and the final encamp-
ment of the Israelites at the .thislan
Bin' ere enumerated. In this Rum -eery
the claim of starling (the fifteenth day,
Of the fiest month, of the first year) end
01 Aaron's death in the foetieth yerns
(the nest day, of the fifth month) of the
desert journey are also recorded. The
recent researches of Neville have set-
tled beyond reasonable dispule the first
stage of the line of march, and a closer
knowledge of the Sinaltic peninsula en-
courages the belief that before long the
correctness of the traditional 'site of
Sinai sold the leuclitional Exodus; route
as a whole will also be established be-
yond question. The first slopping place
or the isenelites after leaving the shore
of the Dead Sea 13113 at a place called
Into, where fresh wince W11.0 10find.
1:1110 W118 MOM 111011 three dilyS' journey
from the placo of crossing the See,
though probably not, far from the sheets
Verse I. Elim—On the asetimplion that
the traditional site of Semi 16 collect,
Ellin hes been Identified with a fertile
wedy besin near the coast, about, sone -
thine of the way from the northern end
of the Red Sea.
The wilderness or Sin—The similarity
Iteltveen 1110 11f11(103 "Sin," "1110," ,and
"Stroll" has boot frequently pointed out.
IL ie prisrable that the deserts of Sin and
Zln neve both received their Bente front
this 1114111111111ne Shull, though in the Ex -
tidos nerentive. ns we now have It 'the
1110 nrq carefully distinguished, The
wilderness or Sin is the name given to
the open plain west. of Sinai, while the
wilderness of Zln (mentionea later in
the nartsultve Num. 13. 21, and else-
where), lies In the opposite side of the
peninsula far to tit° northeaet.
2. Murmured against Stases and
against Aaron—The hardships of the
overland desert journey \vete for a large
majority of the individual members of.
this great migrating host cotstainly not
trilling. A scarcity first or Water and
then of food were among the grievous
trials which fney had to bear.
3. When W0 sat by the nesh-pots—
The expresston may be taken literally,
lan in a wider figurative sense it stands
ft» tho abundance or food of cvery kInd
which. the Israelites, whatever theie other
Millotions had been, had enjoyed 80
Egypt.
4. Bread from heaven—Leto "food,"
not bread in our sense of the word
(comp. note 011 verso 14, below).
Tho people shalt . gather a day's
poetion every day—A severe test of
oltedience and faith, °specially when the
supply for each day was sufficient to
make possible the gathering of a larger
00101101101 advance.
7, R. The glory of Jehovalt--It is not
quite clear whether the reference hero is
to the glory in the cloud, mentioned in
('esse 11), or to the mimic of providing
food, We are inclined to accept the
linter view. The reading of the next
verse as rendered in the 'Revised Version
eeems to require thls interpretation.
TIM 0111111 be, when Jehovah shall give
you in the evening flesh to eat, and in
Ilso morning breacl to the 01111.
9. And Moses mild mile Aaron, Soy --
Aaron is 31E1 lite spokesmen, 00, rather,
the mendhplece, for Moses, who, as wo
remember, had a 1)115si001 cillneully 01
speech which he sonnet -stilly nevee over-
came: "And Moses said unto Jehovah,
011, Lord, 1 am not elnquent, neither
heretofore, nor efnee thou host spoken
unto thy servant; for I nos slow of
speech, and of a slow tongue" (lexod.
4. 10),
12. At even—Lit., "bolween the two
evenings," that Is, in tho late afternoon.
14. A small, roue' linos, 51111111 as Ihe
hoar frost on the ground—The word
translated "round thing" may also be
rendered "flake."
15. What in 11.? ---Or, "it is manna";
Hebrew, men Ins In Num, 11. 7-9, WO
end the following cles.soiptIon of the
manna: "And the manna wan ltke corl-
ander seed, and the appearance thereof
as (he appenrance of bdellium. The
people wee» Minot, and gathered it, and
ground 11 111 mills, er beat it In inerlers,
and bonal 11 (11 pots, end Made cakes of
it : and the taste of it was as the taste
of Mesh oil jur, attics bilked with oil].
And when the clew fen upon the calor
11 the night, the manna fell upon (or,
with) 11," It has often been attempted to
eeplain 1115 feeding of the Israelites in
Lho desert by assuming that the manna
was a natural desert product, the exude.
linti of tt desert, tree still common, and
formerly doubtless much more 01)101 -
clouts throughout the /Sealskin peninsula.
The exudation referred lo 5 deseribed
by ninvelters es a glutinous, waxlike
substence Whielt in the morning after its
Ilist apearance is white, changing Va-
pidly 10 ft flirty yellOW 6010V; it 100115
quickly in the Still, and before, the <ley
is over Is absorbed in the ground ; it
impetus each morning during eerlain
months of the year and is sweet to the
Mete, being used foe food in Gimes of
famine, A. more recent explanation
klentines the manna with de,sert 11011.00,
graylsh-yellow in color, 01011 grows in
great abundance on Leeks and stones Of
the desert When fully matured the
leeves °rid ; the plant loosens from
the took 1011d LS blown about by the
wind, being gathered uthinately In heaps
• _
la the ravims find 51ie110004 pla000 not
unlike the iPtiVes 01 Wallin:I, .1.110111.01 01
course very inuoli smaller, -11118 ulonIiO
not uncumition Miledittfie foe corn
intlong fie- 11011008 111 tho :dome) region
of soulInvestteel Asia, being grotelit arid
1llthrd ((1131 00111. It Is dry und has an
111S1p1t1 14(310. 1 10fell'illg 1 Mose 111111
4.111100 n 1101111110d explauatione Professor
Ala:sander feltwelister, of the University
nI canibilsg„ wiping in the ilestlogs's
Bible Dictionary, icily::: "Nom of these
could be the manna 'if 1,,1041113,
teoset was a, naumiloth.; hulp,Inneo„ „
They aro physiologically insuilleit•tit as
food and can imep incielinitisly," us the
manna of toe susiesi 0.).0111
not. Another barrier to the tweeptutice
cei this indwell civil/within or the mum
fin IS 11111 these patient desert prothees
aiss found only in 510011 rilliiii111103 1111(1
11 certaio limes of the year, while the
ilAny provision of Mud for the Israelites
continued during the IsNe score yeat's of
thole desert pilgrimage.
FAMOUS 0IIN1 PETERING OW'.
'Mount elorgan in Australia Clumping
From Gold to Copper.
For yews the idount Morgan Mining
Company of Australia has been puytng
a monthly dIvidand of 13145,000 on its
stoek. The ehareholders have thus fer
Ft:miser,' made' 525010,000 to dividends.
A great chenge has 001110 10 p033, 110W -
ever, and It will interest all who !owe
known Mount Slot•gan as the most 1m11-
4.1011111 gold mine In the world,
Vrof„1. \V. Gregory, who occupies
the 011010 of geology in the 'Urtiversity
of ,,Clasgow, bus just Issued his book
on Australia, whiclt is purity the re-
sult of his extended studios In that
mnthient for severe! mos. Ile says
thatthe gold of Mount Morgan hos been
deceensing hi quantity and Ilese the
mountain (508101/117 cluniging into a 1010
spade comity proposition. The coin -
rally is preparing new to extract the
copper values, for it is believed that the
'history of Simla Nisiegun us a great
pessitteets 1.1 meet:fenny elesed.
Mount Morgan Is in the southea.•stetsn
part of Quoeosland. IL is u. 111014)03
fact that long ago the poor herder
named Gorden who owned it and sold
it for e pittance told the purchase*
that lie had observed curious green rind
blue statue ell 0000 Ille mountain and
he would /101 be surprised (1 11 eentnin-
oe eoppee.
Ills surmise bas proved true at lest,
but the experteneed prospectors who
found gold there did not tell Conkin
of the indiecttions that fairly startled
them end he gladly accepted their offer
of 615 an acre for the land. Gerd,pli Wed
In poverty, but he lived lung enough
to know lite intim of the peize that had
sil.pped tlueugh his hands.
The Morgan brothers, who putelhased
the mountain, lot four other 01011 11110
the enterprise and aye years tater each
of the six men woe a millionaire. The
stock hes rem/Piped in comparatively
few hands and the indite lIns made a
fortune for every on<1 conceened in it.
The army of 111111013 werking the mine
has usually numbered about 1,200.
The richest gold deposits were found
at the top or the mountain ancl until
the top had been quarried away' the
dividends amounted 10 more than 5500,-
000 a month. The ore decreased cen-
siderably in the value of its gold, but
later ii, xemained for years almost wile
Corm in richness ancl it was thought
Moly that the entire pnountain would
bo wooth digging away.
Recently, however, as the level of op-
erations has been lowered, less gold
has been extracted and now the gold
has largely disappeared and canner hips
come into view. With copper supplant -
Ing the preeimis metal Mount Moisgan
will no longer be known as one of the
doliest spots on the globe.
HUMAN CAMELS.
Oen Crow Humps on Backs from Burden
Bearing.
So conveniently is the hump placed
on the back of the camel ior the dis-
position of 1110 pack -saddles that this
has not unnatueally seemed a special
design for the benellt of the nomadic
Arab. It does not, therefore„ seem lo
have stymie people generally that this
is Ihe actual result of the use to which
since, at any rate, 2,000 yems 13. C.,
the camel has been put by his Asiatic
n(1101008,
The certainty of this is already ap-
parent from the fact, familiar to 31(17'
((110 who has travelled In the interior
of Algeria, that the thoroughbred ma-
tted; oe saddle ctunel, Nvilich carries no
hoiden heavier than a 51110 Arab de-
seateb-benrer, is losing its hump. But
the melt& Ls put beyond 011 doubt ty
the intelligent researches of Professor
Lombroso, Ilto 01111110a Ilalien anlena-
pologist, who has identified similar eal-
losittes—mbilature hunms, fuel—open
the neck end shoulders of Hottentot
and Mulagasy porters. employed by
their fellow -men in wok mthe
pdate to the hardier camel.
QUITE POSSUM.F,.
Murphy was young recruit, and woe
doing his first musket*, pourse on the
ranges nt, Aldershot.
The squad Soul just [Wished thing at
the three hundred yttiels' renge when
Murphy was bronght before Me ofileer
in command, who gave Mos a severe
ropelmand for his bad shooting, and
told Mtn he.woolel have to do better et
the next dietance, which happened lb
be seven rounds quick -thing.
"Now, MuaPhy," said the officer, "you
fire.al number six Inept. Commence!"
Murphy banged away sevon 'mods
and waited for the marker to signal
the result, which showed that, the tor -
gel, bad 1101 once been 1111, while No.
5 targe[ had mom itum the possible
ntimber or bits,
"What target did you aim at?" saki
Lim tvalo officer, appronebing Murphy.
"Number six, sor, replied the man,
'And you have hit number five every
time," saki the officer, waxing warm.
"Betted, sots," said Murphy, nnehash-
ed, "the aame thing might ocetir dur-
ing war time, I Might aim at a pri-
vate end Mt a glotral."
C.Allapeo Of 01110er,
—ass -
Most people Who elo 1101 believe elf
they hear 000 fond of eepeathig
1149440 itHeit414
444,46444+,4444441$
801111 mi:mr, DAINTIES.
•
Potato Puff:is—tete one 'pint cold
mashed. sotatoes, one cup 1100r, one
level tenspeciriful bilking powder, and
too, 511)1)33 beaten well, Mie wen mould
11 long, narrow rolls like lady '1111008 ,
1111111' 11 11 11 fry in licit laril.
EliSiiy 1111410 110(13(1 13001141.-1 ball pint
50110 111111), one teaspoonful soda, !Juli-
en!) begat', two 11011 a half cups graham.
llour 1111x woll end bake in nvo round
tine. Small coffee cans are Wald for 11113
1101110(1 pmposo,
Cherries.—Pit ()berries 1 plane
them a CrOCk eover w1111 MAN' vine-
gar aud let stand for twenty-four hours,
then drain In a eoltuttler end tv1100 331)
<trained cover with am much sugar as
cherries will dissolve, Plane in feta jar.
This will keep like preserved fvult. IL is
excellent, served with fish.
Fried Carrots:et:Cut ear:sole Mtn long,
Barney strips. These may bo cut length-
wise again. Boil ill salt water, to which
o 111110 sugar lots been added. The sugar
twinge opt the flavor which sag water
nione often 1m111,s.' Have muly a
frying pan with hot lard or drippings,
P01 earrots in and fry until a Mee
brown.
Barbecue of Veat—Take one pound of
veal, one pound of lean pork, one pound
of beef, 0110 101131)0011 lemon juice, 005'
11(411 teaspoon grated nutmeg, hvelve
creekers rolled fine. Solt and pepper to
lasle, Chop meat medium fine (11118011
MI together, with one e(jp water and
1111110 half and half) into a loaf and buke
one hour and a hulf. Baste often.
Chicken and filee.—Cul up a chicken,
in'tflir al. higivalia111;lesQpnodontsullw1orlikLeut\t‘eirlitinsioalta.
lfirge inon pot and put in the ellielcess
Brown on both sides ; then odd 11 Cap of
miler. When that has 00011e11 acid wnter
until the eldeken is tender. '0111,11 cover
11 with water and tidd it cup of rice that
hos been pret•fously soaked, Cook all
togethee VOry slowly for half an hour.
Strawberry Shortcake, — Take one
Mutat of flour, two teaspoonfuls cif bak-
ing-powtter, pinch of salt, a tablespoon -
r11 of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of but-
ter and milk to make a, soft, dough.
Rake in Apo layere, one on top of the
othets with butter between. When cool
silt open with a knife and cover with
berries sprinkled with powderixt sugar.
PuL the other Myer of crust on lop and
cover with berries.
Seve Pineapple Cores.—When pre-
paring pineapple, save the waste pieces,
rind mid core. Add one cup sugar, two
cups water, and the rind of one-quarLer
orange ; boil until syrupy (about Mil au
hour); .sh•ain through a vegetable press.
Use for syrup on hot bisculte, for flavor-
ing, pour over oranges and bananas cut
up together, or put a spoonful in u glass-
ful of "boughten" grape juice when you
cannot get home-made.
Deviled Eggs,—Boil eggs lifted, remove
the shell feom same, and by cutting eggs
in half you can remove the yolk from
Ilto White. Mix yolk with a. little olhe
oil until soft, then season with a little
mustard, sa1t and peppeo. Then with
a speon return the above to wbite of
egg, and by pressing the halves together
they will become as firm as before. The
above is a nne Way 10 prepare eggs for
parties or picnics.
Lemon osesse case...es:se .two ceps se_
gar, three-quarters cup sweet milk,
whites of six eggs, throe dips flour,
three teaspoons baking -powder. Sauce
fur lemon cheese cake: Grated rind and
juice of two lemons, yolks of tiusee eggs,
half-eup butter, one cup 501)a1 ; mix all
together and place 011 SIOVO and cook
tin thick OS sponge. stirring all the time.
Then use like jelly belskeen cakes.
Sandwiches fo'r Om Cont. — For
twonly-live sandwiches boil one pound
veal steak until tender, run lineogh
ineul grinder or ehop, add enough may.
001111130 OIVOSSIng 00 any kind or good
dressing to make IL spread well; spread
thinly on cream bread just 115 if -making
any kind of a sancltvich. Add a small
lettuce leaf and you novo a delicious
sandwich which testes ex/telly like
white meat, of chicken sendwiels The
aeluat east is muc11 loss limn one cent
each,
English Fruit Pudcling.—Trivert cop
wthund handle in empire or deep pud-
diog dish ; fill dish around cup with an'
Mod of stewed oi• canned leuil. Sogar
to taste. Mix ballets using one coffee
0111) of flows pinch of salt, two table-
spoons of sugar, fine teaspoon baking-
pewdee; mix thin, moisten with 1111113.,
Pour this batter over fruit, allowing
bollom of dip to prelim/1o. Bake in
quick 0V011 fifteen minutes. Col crust
and lift edge of the cup. w111011 Will eat -
Lein jos (oleo. ,ossee ses tops ps 0100
juke,
JAM AND JELLY.
Rhubarb and strawbeeries ere Unitel‘
ing In lito jam and jelly season, and as
Mem nuty still be n few housekeepers
loft ,sunlelently old-fashioned to prefer
homemade peeserve.s, as being not only
more toothsome and wholesome, Ind
also lass expensive, then the first:class
products of the shop, tho following
table of quantillee is submitted; for their
guldence. The table is one by 01111011 ft
very notable Gefill£111 booseenother has
for years been regoluteig her mseserv-
ing, and which silo hes passed on to one
of her young friends, when the Miler
started In on her housekeeping career :
Illittharh and sugar, pound for pound,
one-olghtli pint of water to the pound.;
strewbervies and suger, pound for
1)01111(1, 110 13111.00 ra311berOlfitS and
eound for pound, no water; red
currants owl snow, pound for 1)1111101, Ito
water ; black currants and seger, pound
forpound, am -eighth pint.er water ,
cherdes and sugar, pound for poo(1d
(when stoned), no writer ; blackberries
and sugar, thisse-quasteic potent simile to
pound of fruit, soneepterlso pint 0111.11111 1
(11100 10 )10111141 ; gooseberries end sugar,
pound to potmd, one-quarter pint eater
to pound I apricots and suger, poomt to
mond (when stone(1), no \valets; green
gages nod soirees throe -minders pouml
1(1 pcenul of troll (before shinin(4), in)
water; elms tool eugar. ;semi to
pound, no watcr 1 gespes (unripe) and
sugar, ihree-quarters of a pound lo
poundi 110 Wetter 1 tonlaieos anti SOW,
bU)Uod 101'
Da4)114)111111ss, 40.1 1)('Ilrfig111111)11CP13)11111'0114Y11$1011:
IL:(1141;;. Ihreo.quar1013 of a pound' to ono
11011M, 10 011011 pound of fruit just
enough tester to cover bottom of sued,
This isaIne Connell authority 011 (alba
111111 Jellles olways kiwis on her pentry
shelves a row cir '811(11 0(141 calls "Mule -
quits jelly"—three kinds of jelly Olt Up
In 1110 elutes jar in 3111114 01' 103i4i05. Theso
(054711" 0113. .11/01111.11eliep 81gia°0413!)11r11.11ish; 41"1111a43111::
dully impeded weissbeer glass holding
a generous' quart, me religiously set
aside for sending lo 1100111141 or lights
Isessolceeping friends. The harlequin
nits is made (IS .10/10019
When doing up her strawberries or
currants, Frau Schmit'I, fille owl) big
gloss one.thinl full, ties 1( 11(1 with oiled
paper to exelude the air, end sees 11 aside
le oven iho ymft pmserviag flay. N1 hen
eralgurple, grape, or quince jelly is in
onier .41ie carefully adds to meth slims
another third of u. jelly of well tendrust-
big color, ties the glass up and sets it
attiay 110 110101(0. App10 quitese jelly
osually fills up the ether third; end
then the glass 1(5 11111, 301110(1 With perca-
le*, nod needy to les sent Way 1111
111.011 the shelf. The different jellies
sl'ould-- and with Mrs. Selitnitz they do
keop entirely 3ep11latti, and the throe
dilionmi, colored layers In the deer white
Wass n'allei look vsl'e' PrattY; Ibm more
(awfully .selestiect the sluales of the
lies, and ill0 <genres tho latter, the bob 1'r
the Wed. Currant rre(i), apple rilgillot 01 -
low), end grape (rich purple) go wen to -
settees Mrs, Schntilees haitilsoinest
N1ll110111111011 WaS illapberry, mine and
010000
As a gift for a convalescent, noel for
eldeely und delicate seini-fovalide,
Iimtng (s)nk' he daintier, prettier nor al-
logethee more appeedated than such a
veasiegated glass of jelly.
To KILL MOTIIS,
Contrary to the general cum -
111100, naphthalene, and tobaece will not
kill clothes moths. They act merely as
repellents ; where they are need the
meths* will not deposit eggs, if the eggs
are alrendy laid or if the young have
batched substances of this nature wilt
11111,0 041 effect.
In Slay or Juin) the moths appear and
lay their eggs, whicli soon hatch into the
chislruellve grubs that feed on feather.e.
wool, fur, and other things of en animal
texture. The eatnpaign against the
moths must, start early in the spring If
11,1tuintlinnite,dfor the rest of the 700?'1,1e10
The eusiest way to rid clothes of moths
ti to give them a thorougli bru.ebing
onee week aud lien expose them to alr
111111 Slinfthine. Whrro 1110y 41M in 1.10
packed (1W0y, fumigation with carbon
histephide is the sueest, method. gthe
germents are put 111 a tight trunk with
moth mashies. Then n saucer is plaeed
mem the lop of Despite with lath or five
tableepoontuls of liquid curlion bison
phide in it, easily obtained at all drug -
sects. The lid is closed and the trunk
left undisturbed until the clothes are
011(1110(1,1110isulphitle evaporates, and 1)411111)
011(1110(1,7,11 10.
heavier than air settles Dolmen the ele-
ments. It is deadly to insect life and will
destroy it in all stag*. No odor will
remain in the clothes after airing them
a few moments. so Ma they can be used
us soon es tney 1100 151011 out, *Om moth
marbles prevent other females from
crawling in to lay their eggs.
A simple way, but 1)01 .1,, saris is after
brushing the goods to paele them In or-
dinary pager boxes or Deur bags, past-
ing a strip of paper Orel. 1110 eraeks in
order to iceep out the moths. For closele,
cracks, ncarpels. Mentions tie carriage
fut•ntshings a thorough sprinlOing of
pboesniest.no or gasoline will clear out the
TO CATCII A BURGLAR.
A Well -Known Detet•tive Tells llow it
May be Dom.
'Those are only len persons in a
iienssess 011 141, (Own they hese strange
noises in their houses, do not, immedi-
ately strike 5. light to end out the
eauee." said a welf-knoNvit detective.
"This is the most absolute ,pieee of fol-
ly a sane person eau commit, nod yet
ft only seems enteral. Dot let me tell
you 11101 whim you hear any noise that
indicates Ole presence its your house of
a 001.00031 W110 has no business there,
nest, take the precaution bo put out
your light. Then, 11 )011 want to search,
do so In the dark.
"Of cuurse, you know the 110050 bets
ler then tiny 31011111t1011, and the chanc-
es aro thab ir you loop quiet the b). -
tinder will expose himself either by
showing a light or slunibling over
sornitithig. Then you have tho advant-
age 01 knowing ids nosition without
his knowing pours.
',there is malty n muntered num in
his grave tositty who would linvo been
!IVO 11(10. HMS tliitiC0 been kdin‘ved,
\\quo eau be more imposlemms than
the idea 01 41 man in his right mind
tkeseving thud if 11 burglar is in Itis
11.11.1(1 and IS discovered he will ta(o)
theorist le tom(1s) actuntly offering
himself as a terget by appetising with
O light in his Mind, wittell does no
mere good than lo betray his isresenee,
sts it Is only naturtil thrtt he 111111101 see
throe feet loyoncl. Ils rays?
"Ttike the reteirds of nutlet,* com-
mitted wiles., 01113' blieglion• wits intend-
ed. and you will Ilnd thut three -quer -
fere of them tire dm to the folly of
searching for the borgler 11-1111 a lighlei
DIVEll flEADS UNt)Ell WATER.
To test the gonlities of n submarine
eleetric Bea 0 diver at Aberdeen, Scot-
land, desereoled 20 feet In 11111thie water,
Inking a newspepee and the light down
With 1(1111. 1\11110 sealed on on anchor
al the Nelson /.4 lon•bor 110 road
aloud for ton milmtee lo11(1men nbove,
Um WOr(10 being convoyed theough the
klephene in his helmet. Tlio paper
was bold 18 inches from the tamp.
The longer tt man hns teen monied
the mere you cau trust Min to keep 41
sods)).
The "Giant Atlas" of Chine is the
leveed known tooth. Ils wings measure
8 itylws In 0 Inches neross„ and some-
times 08 mutt 1013 11 inches.
KING AND OLD DRIOADE
RING EDWARD INSPECTS BRAVE
OLD WARRIORS,
hook Ilends With Ilineti Man, and Slit'
prised Them by Ills Knowledge
or Their Exploits.
"1 arn .pleasee) to we so many of ynn
lit•re loWay, looking so well end hearty:
I hope 111111, ailleough you aro 110 longer
young, you !wee some piers remaining
111 whieli to enjoy thio Norfolk Mr, and
Unit I shell see you here on a gout Many
future oceasions. 1011 Will 111111
1001110 OW(1111144 y(11.1 10 1110 Mill 10o111,
and I hope you will benefit by partaking
1)1 11."
These hearty Words were addressed en
Setup/lay by lling Edwerd Is) feetpilve
lietnedulesd old caimmigners, who had
sets) twelve serviee in the Indian 11111i11y,
1110 C1'111101111 War, 10141 4,11ifir campaigns.
They had assembliel at Sandringham
for the purpose of being inspected by his
Majesty. Although some of the number
Wive well over eighty, tiesy W000, as a
whole, a fine set of old 111011,
KING'S KINDNESS OF HEART,
The veterans, Illany fit 13111110 had been
mutilated by shot and shell, stood ei'vel,
as his hlticsly. aerionmunitsi by his
gueste. made his aepiserance In the dime -
lion of the terrace, John Woods. an old
soldier who fought in the Cri1110110 War,
and wore a Tlirlii311 bar, made a great
effott to stand, but wits compelled to
use the chair wind] had been placed in
pesition for him. (ting Edward's kind-
ness of heart on Iwo acensions made 11
great impression en the warriors. When
to made his eppeartutee the veterans
saluted by removing their lints, blit hie
Majesty, after retuniing their salute,
commanded them to eover their heads,
Again, cis they were marching, into the
bell room for lunch they lied rather a
diflicult step tu II/Totten), tiod 1110 King,
noliciog this, al once sent Sir Dighton
Probyn and Captain °reliant WOOdWark
to stand by and reedee any necessary
assistance.
RECA.I.LED THEIR DEEDS.
The impeelion itself I0i1191 a querter
of an hour. reeords of the 01011
were reed out by Captain Atthill end
Cen)10111 \\*oottwark. King Edward, ,shook.
bends with earli num, ond surprisod
them by his <xxlensive knowledge of
(heir exploile.
"You 01000 0110 of the 'Fighting Fifth,'
were you " he mild to 11 veteran, and
added, "A grand regiment."
"You were at bud/now, my men," he
remarked to anothets. "Then you had an
(melting time of il." And to yet 1(1)o-
ther, "You were under Ilaveloele—a 01013
d01(111 soldier 1" Pewee/ling along the
lines, Ills 5Iujesty odd special attention
11 Thomas Ninon, who served undet•
William 1N'.; WI11la Slcoyles, who was
in the Kaffir war of 11418, and James
Oiley, who look part in the Balaclava
charge, As his Majesty spoke to them
41( 11)010 battles their eyes glistened, and
they pulled their W010. limbs tugether as
though in readiness for the fray once
more.
1IAPPY AS SCHOOL BOYS.
His Majesty WnS eleeply moved by the
heartiness with which he was received
by the 'veterans, who, after having been
entertained at Innen, climbed into the
brakes like a lot of school boys. 11 01110;
indeed, a happy party that was driven
around the estate on Saturday after-
noon. Not only had the old soldiers
been received by the King. but friends
who had fought In company many years
before met again to compare notes and
recell their youth. As they talked
with the freedom of veterans oi former
Limes, the horrors nt the old wars were
brought home to their privileged listen-
ers. Loud were they in praise nf his
Niajesty, and many honestly wished
they 01000 able to actively serve litm.
During the proceedInge. his Majesty con-
ferred the I:loyal 'Victorian Order of the
Fourth Class open Captain Anal. 10
awarding the honor, the Icing said I1
geve ltim gt•eat pleasme to do so in
recognition of his 8e00100-9 in connec-
tion with the Royal Norfolk Vetertins'
Associa lion.
BEER DRIVES our ABSINTHE,
France Takes Mere of the Former and
Loss of the Latter.
The eonsumption of beer in Franee
has increased by more than. 40 per cent,
during the last nye years. In 10011 It
reached the imposing total of 317,010,-
0171 gallons,
It does not appear filet the increased
t150 of beer has diminished in the slight-
est degre the coneuniption 01 wine and
eider. But Consul 11/13,311 iS q110104 in
Bonfort's Wino end Spelt Circular as
saying that, as the consumption of leer
increeses, that of alcohol, especially In
the oerilous form of absinthe, is slow-
ly but steadily deceoasing.
The statistics of ltSII 31100)' that Mir-
ing that year the umount 01 abstothe
sold for thinking porposes in Fennell
fell off more then 130,000 gallons, cis
2.8 pee cent, This' Is not a sweeping
or es/inclusive reform, but statistics
5,0111 10 311001 11101 111(' 1115X111111111 danger
point has been passed.
Stuell of the beer is imported (or 1)111'
ole to be so) twin Pilsen And 11101(01),
111011gh 01031 Of lite 10Mling 1r0Werics
in other German cities hnve Paris ate
eneles toul a:tribute iheir beer to sse-
teams. This 4,fithils high prices to con -
smilers, ns there is a heevy Import
duly. Under the stimulus of this pro-
tection the brewing industry of France
has developed rapully both in respect,
quantily and quality of its product,
Ilepoirs wore taking place et art 1111(4.
115)1 cathedral, mut the Doan, a veil
pompous eargynom, came In see bow
the workmen 010110 getting on, One of
the men, a efospenter, toolc no notice
or 1110101111 the Doti ti, 101141 though file
the min elmuld have lifted his cup r11
s(.01.1).1113', saids--"Do you know, sir,
that I run Dean of this cathedral'?" "Are
'1(1 really." saki the wort:mum "Pretty
good job, too, 1 ;should think, 'Falco
core you olon't Oise it."
Death of Billy
NCYL. long utter the "Aloedy Robs
Dern" Dot their /stye througtii
the breaking up 01 (110 014 Dam
they pstened op a, truee with their
Orals, the "moody Piralea," who
held SWay at tlio other end of the.
town. There Wan tO bo Lie 211000 Wafl
between (ho two bands nem atm,
balunball neation, for the "Bloodr.
pirates," although 0011/e0)001010 501
every Other way, certainly v01114 1)1(1)/1
end no team could practice 11
the PiaYere hlud 11 egend all 0041
time gueraing Agatha attecke tom
their enemles.
But the donth of Billy put an 01111 te .
tills rather unnatural 08a50, and PO
ttolbgames were played that year.
WRY Wee the mascot of the ,
"Blood), llOhipers," a goat of unusult/
intelligence and courage, ells ohlee
VOWING VENGEANCE
ioy in iife was to butt savagelY
every "Bloody Pirate" be Came ocroee.
Tao "Pirates" never 414 loVe Billy.
When the sed news 01 Billy's death
'wag known to all the "Itolibers" a
special meeting was held in Warner's
hayloft, As they were told of tile
etrango manner 11, which he had died
during the night, ono and all declared
the "Piratos- ao140 toll something
about how Billy came to his untimely
end, and to a man they mado terrible
vows of vengeance.
Elven this might not have brought
on war at once had not the "Pirates"
wantonly insulted the remains of
Now the "Bloody Pirates" really bad
no hand in Billy's death, so that when
they saw the remarkablo funeral pro-
cession go doown the pike toward
Rocky Let. the place selected for
burial, they wondered much.
First cams Bill Palk, playing a
tnourritul dirge on his flute. Then
marched Pete Hamilton, holding aloft
a piece of 'Meek oloth attached to a,
polo. Following him was Captain
Sktnny, drawing 'behind him, os
privilege of his high rank, an express
waxon, upon whioh lay the body of
poor Billy, hidden from the vulgar
050 by a. piece of old awning. Tho
rest ot the band marched solarnnlY
on either side of the hearao, while
numerous "outsiders" and dogs
brought up the rear.
The "Pirates," forbidden by their
agreement to enter their rivals' ter-
ritory, gazed at this procession from
a distant hill.
"They're always having some 50(11*
'81511 FT.INETAI. P1500E85I015,
roolory or other; wonder toilet's up
nowr Queried Commodore Mike Plan -
'raga.. But none could guess the truth.
Arriving at Rocky Lot, Pete Hamilton
posted his banner of grief neer the spot
designated by Captain Skinny as the
place of burial. A. grave was then dug,
and Billy was lowered M his last rest-
ing place amid prolonged lamentation.
After holding appropriate ceremonies.
the "Robbers" filed down the road to
bold another meeting and arrange for
the proper sort of tombstone for their
old friend,
llennwhile, the curiosity of the "Pi-
rates" got the better of them, and they.
cautiously descended to the new.made
grave,
"'Wonder what they've buried?" ex.
claimed Mike. .A.s no one oould anawer,
8000 they were busily engaged In find-
ing out,
But Tommy Bowes, the "Robbers",
latest recruit *100 50051 them from afar
as he was hastening to attend hitt
band's meeting, U10 started oft hot feet
to tell his comrades,
Tho "Pirates" were just about to un-
cover billy, when the insulted "Rob-
-hers" swept down upon them,
War was on. What's more, it stayed
on, for the "Bloody Bobbora" couldn't
serene this laet crime, the greatest
ever committed,
He Copied the Spot,
That it is not always well 10 folloW
out instructions exactly 00 11103' are gives
=ay bo illuStratod by the story of a
Sapanese taliort
A. certain_ gentleman had aeoldentally
stained a suit of which he wee very
proud. Seeing that It was ruined, he
took tho clothes to the taller and asked
that another salt be mosso exactly
like It.
The ;fanatics° are ftne itnitators, and
the suit, when eammeted, et perfeotly.
But, iloon looking it over, the 3305(10"
8300 saw to his disgust that, the tailor
had reproduced exaetly the stale on
his other suit.
Shared the Blows,
"Arlin havo you beaten these
tto little boys?"
--"Cause neither lookedvery strong.
and I 01011511 tbryia, beSt share the
'whacks betWeen WM.
Twenty-seven thousand vessels years
ly order the per! of London.
Argentina beltsts a wheatfleld 10,710
Beres 111 0010111.
Ono value of twines fo thuI hblco flies,
they keep grcal, men Rum sleeping,